Vicki Sher

V ic k i S he r

03 April — 24 May 2026

Vicki Sher Re c e ss

MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY

Re c e ss Known

for

her

abstractions,

vibrant

Sher

yet

contemplative

Alongside the paintings, Recess introduces

works

sculptural

creates

that

works

These forms embrace gravity and balance

come

while

a

meditation

on

play,

rest, and the emotional resonance of color.

of

translating

her

drawings

Together, The

exhibition’s

childhood

title

moment

evokes

the

familiar

works

gestures

physical in

the

space.

exhibition

explore the interplay between vibrancy and quietude, abstraction and recognition, joy and reflection. Much like the recess of childhood

move

with

– or the restorative escape many find in

curiosity and joy. Sher draws on this idea as

Jackson Hole – the exhibition offers viewers

a metaphor for the emotional and sensory

a momentary break from daily routines: a

possibilities of color. Just as recess encourages

space to linger, observe, and reconnect with

exploration and interaction, color in Sher’s work

the simple pleasures of color, form, and play.

engage

the

from

layered

into

classroom; an opportunity to step outside, and

release

the

dimensions.

the

freely,

of

the

three

Sher’s

rhythm. In Recess, paintings and sculptures as

into

extend

visual

together

language

that

balance exuberant color with quiet, visual

world

activates an uplifting visual experience that invites viewers to take a pause, look, and feel.

Born in Washington D.C. in 1966, Vicki Sher received her BFA from Cornell University in

While Sher’s compositions are abstract, they

Ithaca, NY, and received her MFA from the

remain wholly tethered to the natural world.

University of Iowa. Her work has been exhibited

Shapes

of

branches,

leaves,

at public institutions, including the Moore

emerge

within

invented

College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, The Phillips

arrangements of line and geometry. A work may

Museum at Franklin and Marshall College,

begin as an intuitive composition, but is finished

Lancaster, PA, and the Beatrice M. Haggerty

when it subtly recalls something familiar: a

Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas TX. She is

landscape, a memory, or a form encountered

the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship

in nature. In this way, her paintings exist in

award and a VCCA Fellowship award. She has

a space between invention and recognition.

participated in numerous art fairs, including

and

reminiscent

landscapes

VOLTA

NADA,

and

Art

Paris

Fair.

Sher is represented by Frosch & Co. Gallery

her works as “humming, rather than belting.”

in New York, NY, Maya Frodeman Gallery,

Musical language offers a useful metaphor

Jackson,

for her process: compositions unfold through

SC, and Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalieres,

harmony,

visual

France, among other galleries in the USA and

dissonance before settling into equilibrium.

Europe. Sher lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

rhythm,

and

occasional

The results are images that feel both energetic and

2

Basel,

Despite their vibrancy, Sher often describes

composed,

playful

yet

contemplative.

WY,

George

Gallery,

Charleston,

Sher in her studio in Brooklyn, NY

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Untitled Bench , 2024 Painted aluminum 16 x 16 x 54 inches

4

Ring Sculpture , 2025 Painted aluminum 27 3/4 x 29 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches

6

Whirlygig , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 54 x 50 inches

8

Invention (green) , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 54 x 50 inches

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Invention (pink) , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 51 x 50 inches

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Untitled (olive-pink) , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 44 x 56 inches

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Untitled (blue-suede) , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 44 x 56 inches

16

Hum , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 53 x 38 inches

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Reframe , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 44 x 40 inches

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Wall Flower , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 44 x 40 inches

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Untitled (S Curve) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 36 x 40 inches

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Untitled (Roulettes) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 36 x 40 inches

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Sidetracked , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 34 x 29 inches

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Copper Mountain , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 29 x 34 inches

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Summer Sign , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 34 x 29 inches

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Mount Olive , 2025 Acrylic on canvas 34 x 29 inches

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Untitled (Stack 1) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 36 x 30 inches

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Untitled (Stack 2) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 36 x 30 inches

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Untitled (Leaves 1) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 24 x 18 inches

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Untitled (Leaves 2) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 24 x 18 inches

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Untitled (Linear Moves 1) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 21 x 15 inches

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Untitled (Linear Moves 2) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 21 x 15 inches

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Untitled (Linear Moves 3) , 2025 Oil pastel and pencil on drafting film 21 x 15 inches

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VICKI SHER Born in Washington D.C. in 1966 Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY EDUCATION 1992 1988

M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA B.F.A. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2014 2012

Virginia Center For Creative Arts (VCCA), Resident Fellow MacDowell Colony Fellows Award, Summer Residency

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2026 2025

2024 2023 2022

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

2016

2015 2013

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Recess, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Echo, George Gallery, Charleston, SC XO, Frosch&Co. Gallery, New York, NY Blue Like The Sun, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Colour Compositions, Paul Smith Wooster, New York, NY Arrival, George Gallery Charleston, SC New Work, Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalieres FR Vicki Sher-Paintings, Galerie Sweeney, Bordeaux, FR Spring Formal, Frosch&Co. Gallery, New York, NY Beside Myself, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Second Nature, George Gallery, Charleston, SC Fountain, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Into the Light, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville TN Field Day, George Gallery, Charleston, SC VOLTA Art Basel, with frosch&portmann, Basel, Switzerland PULSE NY Art Fair, with Uprise Art, New York, NY The Voice At 3AM, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Always Bring Flowers,

2012 2005 2002

frosch&portmann, New York, NY Yes/No, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Nature Walk, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY Vacation from Murder, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 2024 2023

2022 2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Kaleidoscape, Savage Wonder Gallery, Beacon, NY Out of The Blue, Frosch&Co. Gallery, New York, NY Future Fair, with Frosch & Co. Gallery, New York, NY Epode, Uprise Art, New York, NY Thresholds of Abstraction, BAM Art , Larchmont, NY Cakes and Shapes, Tayloe Piggott Gallery. Jackson Hole, WY Groundswell, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX Art Paris, with Galerie Louis Gendre, Paris, France Stacks, Frosch&Co. Gallery, New York, NY Groundswell, Beatrice Haggerty gallery, University of Dallas, TX Art on Paper fair, New York, NY, with frosch&portmann Yes we Change, New York, NY, frosch&portmann Paper Giants, Part V, UNI Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA Trio, Goldscopophilia Gallery, Montclair, NJ NewYork/Berlin, at Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalieres, FR Art Paris , with Galerie Louis Gendre, Paris, FR Art on Paper Fair, New York, NY, with frosch7portmann Drawing In/Drawing Out, Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Group Show, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Art on Paper Fair, New York, NY, with frosch&portmann Paper Giants LA, Lois lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Cross Sectional Views, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Paper Giants, Part 3, Moore

2016 2015

2014

2013 2011

2010

2009

2008

2007 2005 2004

College of Art, Philadelphia, PA At Home, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville,TN Paper Giants, Part 2, The Volland Store, Alma, KS Cosmicomics, frosch&portmann, New York, NY South of North, East of No West, Lowe Mills Gallery, Huntsville, AL Family Ties, 500X, Dallas, TX “so different, so appealing”, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Soccer Mom, curated by Danielle Tegeder, New York, NY White Silver, and Gold, Callicoon, NY Second Family, curated by Julie Torres, New York, NY Paper Giants, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ DUSK Editions, opening exhibition, Brooklyn, NY Do It Yourself, BOS (Bushwick Open Studios), organized by Julie Torres, Brooklyn, NY End Times, Sphinx gallery, NYC, curated by HKJB (Jay Henderson and Ben King) Tompkins Projects West - at Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA ChainLetter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA Santa, Frosch & Portmann Gallery, New York, NY No Plans For Today, Fun Times Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Kickoff, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Mother/mother, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Lineweight, TSU Gallery, Kirksville, MO Landscape, Portrait, Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY A Soft Place to Land, OAG Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY Summer Group Show, OAG Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, with Jessica Murray Projects Grotto 2, Jessica Murray

2003 1999

Projects, Brooklyn, NY Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY Artist files 1999-present, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

CURATORIAL 2015 2012 2010

Cosmicomics, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Cannonball!, frosch&portmann, New York, NY Observant, ISE Gallery, New York, NY Mean and Sneaking, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY No Plans For Today, Fun Times, Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2021 2017 2016

2015

2014

2013 2012 2011

Art As Form, Interview with Anastasiya Shellet Hutson, Laura, Nashville Scene, Critics Pick-Vicki Sher at Red Arrow Gallery Gotthardt, Alexa, Artsy, PULSE’s 15 Best Buys under $10,000 Purssey, Amy, Artreport, Conversation Between Artists at Pulse NY D’Agostino, Paul, BKMAG, Space Specters- From Calvino to Tarantino Micchelli, Thomas, Alien Forms-.‐Cosmicomics at Frosch&portmann Peyton, Cydney, A Common Task, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants Young, Geoffrey, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants Rutherford, Michael, Vicki Sher at frosch&portmann, Wright, Dusty, Talk, Talk, Talk, Culture Catch Butler, Sharon, Vicki Sher, New Work, Two Coats of Paint

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This catalog complements Vicki Sher’s exhibition Recess Maya Frodeman Gallery 03 April - 24 May 2026

Images courtesy of the artist

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Mount Olive, (detail), Acrylic on canvas

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